Software Defined Talk25 Juli 2025

Episode 530: His proper name is Sasquatch

This week, we cover AI going rogue, Cloudflare declaring independence, and the secure container craze. Plus, Matt bravely judges 9 new emoji.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 530

Runner-up Titles

VP of getting it on
Neutral trombone
Good Margin
Independent from what?
The New Benevolence
I have plenty of cynicism for other things

Rundown

Emojis
- Australian Bigfoot
- Unicode's new emoji refuses to put respect on Bigfoot's name
- Matt’s Rankings:
  1. Hairy Creature
  2. Trombone
  3. Treasure Chest
  4. Fight Cloud
  5. Orca
  6. Landslide
  7. Apple Core
  8. Ballet Dancers
  9. Distorted Face
AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data'
Cloudflare
Announcing Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for AWS Price List
Chainguard builds a market, everyone else wants in.
Bitnami Secure Images

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Wiz Capture the Flag, Brisbane, August 26. Matt will be there.
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Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
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CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London.

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